Overshoe for horses.



PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907.

G. N. KINNELL. OVERSHOE FOR HORSES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. 1901.

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GEORGE N. KINNELL, or PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

OVERSHOE FOR HORSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25. 1907. Serial No. 864.413.

Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. KINNELL, a .citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Overshoes for Horses and ot er Draft and Burden-Bearin Animals, of which the following is a ful and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same;

This invention relates to hoof-attachments for horses and other draft and burden bearing animals for the prevention of slipping in travel over ice, asphalt or other smooth surfaces. And one bject thereof is to provide an im roved device comprising a rough "rid durab e medium, interposed between the hoof and the ound, which may be securely attached to t e foot and easily removed at pleasure and a further object .in to provide a medium of the character escribed which shall readily tend to impress the sur-' face trod upon but whichshall not wear to a smooth surface nor accumulate thereon any considerable quantity of snow or ice.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists of an o vershoe constructed as hereinafter described and claimed, and is fully. disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, corresponding arts being designated by similar reference characters in each'of the views, and in which,

closely followipgthe contour of the hoof.

The converging ends of the strands 2, as ,eT-Ticwn in Fig. l, are -movably attached to a common center ring or chain, 1 Fig. 1 composed of one or more links. The d1- -medial band, 8, composed verging ends of the strands 2, Fig. 2, are extended upward, the rear strand passing over the frog of the foot being excepted, to the upper mar of the hoof and provided terminall wit elongated links, 7Fig. 2, suitable or the reception of a fiat band, 9, composed of leather or other suitable substance, passed therethrough; said band, 9, being provided terminally with a buckle and secured closely about the circumference of the leg at the said upper margin of the hoof. The said divergin ends of the several strands 2, Fig. 2, are hel in position by means of a referably of intercepti' metallic links of lighter construction, passed crosswise thereto and circumferentially ,of the hoof, between the lower margin thereof and the band 9; the links composing theband 8 being enlinked with those of the strands 2 at the several oints of contact therewith. The said ban 8 is provided terminally with a buckle, 3, Fig. 2,

and strap, similarly to band 9, adapted to draw the band 8 closely about the hoof and to secure the ends thereof firmly together under the heel of the foot. Thehindmost of the strands 2, as shown in Fig. 1, which is adjusted to pass under the frog of the foot, is extended upward only to a point free from contact with the ground and is provided terminally with a metallic link, 5, Fig. 1, ads ted to engage with a looped hasp, of leat er or other suitable material, en aging with and depending from band 9; said hasp being also adapted to engage with and support the said terminal strap of band 8. A rotective shield, 6, Fig. 2, composed of eather or other vided to incase t e extremity of the leg and the. upper mar in of the hoof, and is held in position un er the metallic links 7 of the strands 2 by 'means of the band 9;

the said band being interwoven with the said shield by means of slot-openings provided circumferentially therein at predetermined oints.

It Will be apparent that the size, number and strength of the strands 2 may be increased or diminished; that other means than a central link or chain, 1, may be substituted for securing the converging ends of the said strands; and that connected links, moving relatively to each other and interposed beliable substance, is protween the foot and the ground, may be 0.1- 4

' tered in'size, shape and number, or diiierently constructed and .disposed, without departmg from the spirit of my invention.

My device is ad usted and operated as fol- -lows:-The buckles provided terminally on 1ty and firmness of treading-surface, While the hindmost strand-is adjusted to engage with the verticalrecess normally formed in the heel of the foot. The free ends of the shield, 6, are then brought together and over' lappled and the band 9 securely buckled in. sue

manner as to prevent the said shield from'shp mg down. The band 8 is then drawn tig' tly about the hoof and base of the heel by means of the buckle 3 to insure against disarrangement of the several strands 2 from their original positions. I

- -My improved overshoe is simple in constructlon, practicable in form and possesses a combination of merits not heretofore de-" vised or claimed in any single instance.

Having fully describedmy invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent':-

'1. An overshoe comprising a plurality of movably connected llIlkS intervening bee tween the hoof and the ground.

2 In overshoes, a tread comprising a plurahty of movable links and means for holdmg the links in position relatively to each other."-.'

3. In overshoes, a tread composed of a plurality of metallic links movable relatively to each other. 1,

4.- An overshoecomprising a plurality of movable links in catenation lntervening between the hoof and the ground.

5. An overshoehavinga tread comprising movable links arranged in a plurality of cate'e nation's-intervening between the hoof and the ground. 7 I

6. An overshoe having a tread comprising a plurality of links formin a-series of catenations diverging, relativeIy to each other, from a common locus located centrally'of the underside of the hoof.

7. An overshoe having a tread c'omprisi'm gf a plurality of links forming a plurality of con:

vergent catenations; and means for holding the-convergent ends thereof in position relatively to each other.

8.-An-'overshoe com 9. overshoe comprising a plurality of metallic i'mks arranged in a series of chamlike formations diverging, relatively to each other, from a common locus located centrally' of the underside of the hoof, and means for holding said formations in normal est tion.

10.. In an overshoe, a tread comprising a spaced chain structure, and means for attaching the tread to the hoof.

11. In an overshoe, a tread comprising a spaced chain structure extending across the hoof and over the edge thereof, and means 7 for attaching the tread to the hoof.

12. 'A removable overshoe comprising .a flexible metallic tread provided 'With a plurality of contacts thereon adapted to fric tionally engage with the surface trod iipon,

and means for holding the tread in position upon the hoof.

plurality of catenations diver 'ng from the 'central'part of the underside o the hoof, and

means for attaching the tread to the hoof.

14. In an'overshoe," a tread comprising a spaced ohainstructure' extending across the I hoof and over the edge thereof, the portions of the structure diverging from the central 13. In an overshoe, a tread comprising a part oithe hoof, and means for attaching the tread to the hoof.

15. An overshoe comprising a treadhof band.

16. An overshoe, comprising a tread com osed of a series of divergent catenations base of the I aving their conver ent ends secured centrally of the underside. ofthe hoof and their divergent ends extended upward upon the wall ofthe hoof, a band secured around the Wall of the hoof and engaging with and supporting the divergent ends of the catenations, a band secured about the basefoij the leg, and means connecting the two bands and tendin to hold the same in normal cooperative re ation.

.17. An overshoe comprising a spaced chain structure extending across the underside of the hoof, means for attaching it to the hoof consisting of a band adapted to besecured about the base of the leg, means'connecting the chain structure and the band, and a shield adapted to be secured between the band and the leg. 1-8. An'overshoefcomprising a tread composed of metallic links arranged in a plurality of catenations,=2; divergentrelatively to each other and having their conver ent ends en- 1 I ga ed with acommon meanso attachment, rising a tread -,com-' '1,% posed of a plurality o movable links, and. means for holdingthe tread in position relatively to the hoof; Y

ocated centrally of the underside of the hoof and-"their diver e'ntends extended up- "ward over the wall 0 the hoof,- 2,1 a band secured aboutthe wall of the hooi,

with and supporting the several catenations, 2, at theindlvergent ends; a band, 9, secured e s g about the base of the leg and cooperating name in the presence of the subscribing witwith b d 8 by connective-means, 7, disnesses, this twenty-second day of March, posed-therebetween; and ashield, 6, envelop- A. D. 1907.

mg the base of the leg and secured in position GEORGE N, KINNELL. 5 thereon under the band 9. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CHARLES M. WILCOX, my invention I have-hereunto signed my I JNo. J. WHITTLESEY. 

